Cost of Living Comparison

  1. Cost of Living
  2. Republic of the Congo
  3. Brazzaville
  4. United Kingdom
  5. Comparison
XAF
COMPARED TO
GBP

United Kingdom is 52.4% more expensive than Brazzaville.

If you lived in United Kingdom instead of Brazzaville, you would:
local_dining

pay 13.5% more for restaurants

  Brazzaville help_outline United Kingdom help_outline  
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $15.00
FCFA8,624
$17.81
£13.76
+18.7%
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
 $10.00
FCFA5,749
$7.97
£6.16
-20.3%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $1.64
FCFA943
$1.86
£1.44
+13.3%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) $0.95
FCFA544
$1.35
£1.04
+42.4%
Average +13.5%
Brazzaville vs. United Kingdom - Cost of restaurants
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local_grocery_store

pay 34.9% less for groceries

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Bread
1 loaf
 $1.39
FCFA797
$1.37
£1.06
-1.3%
Local cheese (8 oz) $7.83
FCFA4,504
$3.82
£2.95
-51.3%
Milk (1 gallon) $8.33
FCFA4,788
$4.80
£3.71
-42.4%
Eggs
1 dozen
 $3.12
FCFA1,793
$2.67
£2.06
-14.3%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) $1.94
FCFA1,113
$3.55
£2.74
+83.4%
Apples (1 lb) $2.64
FCFA1,515
$1.16
£0.90
-56.0%
Bananas (1 lb) $1.81
FCFA1,043
$0.72
£0.56
-60.2%
Oranges (1 lb) $2.45
FCFA1,406
$1.09
£0.84
-55.6%
Tomatoes (1 lb) $3.00
FCFA1,725
$1.17
£0.90
-61.0%
Potatoes (1 lb) $2.07
FCFA1,189
$0.75
£0.58
-63.9%
Onions (1 lb) $1.66
FCFA956
$0.65
£0.50
-61.2%
Average -34.9%
Brazzaville vs. United Kingdom - Cost of groceries
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drive_eta

pay 43.5% more for transportation

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Gasoline (1 gallon) $3.16
FCFA1,817
$6.75
£5.21
+113.4%
Monthly public transit pass ?? $100.97
£78.01
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $35,000.00
FCFA20,122,199
$26,928.94
£20,805.84
-23.1%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) $12.93
FCFA7,436
$18.13
£14.01
+40.2%
Average +43.5%
Brazzaville vs. United Kingdom - Cost of transportation
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home

pay 34.2% less for housing

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Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
 $266.67
FCFA153,312
$43.51
£33.62
-83.7%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $1,250.79
FCFA719,102
$1,061.39
£820.05
-15.1%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $1,700.00
FCFA977,364
$877.47
£677.95
-48.4%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
 $152.94
FCFA87,929
$168.66
£130.31
+10.3%
Average -34.2%
Brazzaville vs. United Kingdom - Cost of housing
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child_care

pay 2.5 times more for childcare

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Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $300.00
FCFA172,476
$1,257.47
£971.55
+319.2%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $19,800.00
FCFA11,383,416
$17,904.66
£13,833.50
-9.6%
Average +154.8%
Brazzaville vs. United Kingdom - Cost of childcare
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gamepad

pay 3.3 times more for entertainment and sports

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Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $1.50
FCFA862
$5.04
£3.90
+236.3%
Cappuccino in mid-range area $3.60
FCFA2,072
$3.81
£2.94
+5.7%
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
 $1.57
FCFA900
$15.26
£11.79
+875.0%
Monthly membership at local gym $69.97
FCFA40,230
$47.17
£36.44
-32.6%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema $8.34
FCFA4,797
$13.49
£10.42
+61.6%
Average +229.2%
Brazzaville vs. United Kingdom - Cost of entertainment and sports
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store

pay 4.8% less for clothing

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Regular jeans
Levi's brand
 $44.88
FCFA25,802
$79.67
£61.56
+77.5%
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
 $58.33
FCFA33,537
$41.25
£31.87
-29.3%
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
 $155.00
FCFA89,113
$85.80
£66.29
-44.6%
Men's business shoes (leather) $111.72
FCFA64,229
$86.00
£66.45
-23.0%
Average -4.8%
Brazzaville vs. United Kingdom - Cost of clothing
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The statistics used to build this comparison are calculated using data from users just like you. We average the price of thousands of data points entered by users across the world. Learn more about our data sources. Page last updated: January 2022
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